ZSE record gains in penultimate session of the week…
The ZSE market recorded gains in the penultimate session of the week as the primary All Share Index rose 0.23% to 189.74pts while, the Blue-Chip Index gained 0.32% to 186.29pts. The Agriculture Index lost 0.31% to 154.83pts as the Mid Cap Index fell 0.02% to 222.39pts. Retailer Ok Zimbabwe headlined the top performers of the day on a 7.46% jump to $0.3278, followed by RTG that surged 7.44% to $0.6500. Telecoms giant Econet went up 0.85% to $2.7687 while, Delta charged 0.45% to close at $13.0594. Star Africa capped the gainers of the day on a 0.02% uplift to end the day pegged at $0.0281. General Beltings topped the worst performers of the day on a 14.59% retreat to $0.0600 followed by Ecocash that slipped 12.00% to $0.1739. Ariston dropped 8.33% to settle at $0.0550 as milk processor Dairibord eased 2.15% to close at $1.4379. Nampak completed the top five laggards of the day on a 1.59% slide to settle at $0.5110.
Activity aggregates declined in the session as volumes traded fell 82.87% to 839,900 shares while, turnover shed 79.49% to $3.27m. Top volume drivers of the day were Tanganda (43.63%), Delta (19.12%) and Econet (12.05%). Delta, Tanganda and Econet were the top value drivers of the day after contributing 64.07%, 17.13% and 8.56% respectively. Cass Saddle ETF ticked up 12.50% to end the day pegged at $0.0900. Tigere REIT parred off 0.10% to close at $1.1474 as a total 6,905 units exchanged hands in the name.